Maurice P. Whelan

Maurice P. Whelan received the Doctorate degree in computational and experimental stress analysis from the University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, in 1994. He is currently the Head of the Photonics Sector with the European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, and an Adjunct Professor with the Stokes Research Institute, University of Limerick. He is the author of 13 international patents. He has worked on the development and application of full-field optical metrology techniques, optical fiber sensing, and biomedical imaging. His current interests include interference microscopy for cell and tissue diagnostics in vitro, hyperspectral fluorescence imaging for endoscopy, and optical waveguide biosensors.